North Dravidian etymology : List with all references

Proto-North-Dravidian : *ort

Meaning : one

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : orOt "one man or woman"

Malto : ort "one (adj., of persons)"

Additional forms : Also KUR otOx, fem. utxī alone, lonely; orāsari equal, at the same time; ormā all; hormā, fem. hurmī id.; (Hahn) hormar, (Bleses) ormar id. (masc.pl.); MLT orte one man; orti one woman; ortg̣e alone; ortononti one by one (persons); orme all.

Number in DED : 990

Proto-Dravidian : *or-

Meaning : one

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *ō̆r-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *or-

Proto-North Dravidian : *ort

Brahui : asiṭ (?)

Proto-South Dravidian : *ō̆r-

Meaning : one

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : oru (before consonant), ōr (before vowel)

Tamil meaning : one

Tamil derivates : ori (-pp-, -tt-) to be united in harmony; orukkam oneness, sameness; orukka for each; orukku (orukki-) to bring together; oruŋku altogether, simultaneously; (oruŋki-) to have a singleness of aim or purpose, join together; oruttan_, oruvan_ a male person; fem. orutti; oruttu concentration of mind; orumi (-pp-, -tt-) to be in unison, unite; orumikka together; orumippu union, harmony, undivided attention; orumai oneness, union, singleness, loneliness, uniqueness, concentration of mind; oruvar one person (hon.); oruvu (oruvi-) to resemble, equal; orē only, one; oru-talai onesidedness; ōrmai unity; ōr-on_r_u, ovv-on_r_u each one, one at a time

Malayalam : oru, ōr

Malayalam meaning : one, the same

Malayalam derivates : oruvan, oruttan one man; fem. oruvaḷ, orutti; orukkuka to bring together; oruma union, harmony; orumikka to join, be reconciled; ōrō, ōrōrō, ōrō̆nnu each one

Kannada : or (before consonant), ōr (before vowel)

Kannada meaning : one

Kannada derivates : orage oneness, entireness; ore likeness, similarity; orme, omme one time, once, together, at the same time; orba, obba, (PBh.) orvaN one man or person; obbanu one man; obbaḷu one woman; obbar(u) some persons, one person (hon.); oggu, oẓgu to become one, unite with, meet together, agree with one's constitution (as water, climate, etc.); join (tr.); oggu, orgu, oẓgu assemblage, heap; union, harmony, intimacy; ōrage, ōrige equality, similarity, a match; ōraṇa a line, row

Kodagu : orɨ

Kodagu meaning : one (adj.)

Kodagu derivates : obbë one man; obba one woman; orme unity, harmony; ōr āṇḍɨ one year; ōraḍi only one helping at a meal (instead of the usual two); ōrak ëttɨ one pair of bullocks; ōrandɨ, ōrabë one by one (thing, person respectively); omma once

Tulu : or

Tulu meaning : one (adj.)

Tulu derivates : oru one, single, solitary; ori one man; single, solitary; orti one woman; ommè once; ommuta harmony, unanimity; ommēvuni to be united, be associated; oggaḍa oneness, concord; oggāpini to become one, be united; orguni to agree (any food) with one's stomach; obbaṇṭige, obbaṇṭe a single man; adv. alone; ora once, at once; oriye, orye a single or solitary man; orportu, orpoḷtu half a day

Proto-Nilgiri : *ō̆r-

Number in DED : 0990

Proto-Nilgiri : *ō̆r-

Meaning : one

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : or pāṇy "one pāṇy measure"

Toda : wɨ̄r ak "one ačok measure"

Additional forms : Also Kota or kaṛm one kaṛm measure; or poṛt half of the day; ōr ak one oḷk measure; ōr āṛ one year; ōrāḷc co-wife; o cāry one side; o budy of one mind; orrvī one at a time, once every day; obī same place, together; o-tal crookedness (e. g. of mouth), deviation from straight line or perfect shape or position, one side (off the path); otalg- (otalgy-) to go on one side, avoid by going around; ? oŋg- (oŋgy-) to be a half-breed, change (intr.) magically into something else; oŋgc- (oŋgc-) to breed from two different strains, change (tr.) magically into something else; Toda wɨ̄r ōṛ one year; oš tal half of cloak that contains pocket, half of cloak under which one sleeps; oš ter_ one handful; o kwāw one kwāx measure; o nūr_ 100; o mun one side; o fēs_y one wall of pen (esp. in song)

Number in DED : 990

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *or-

Meaning : one

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Gondi : *or-

Konda : oren, orenr_-e

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *ro

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *ro-

Notes : The root is hardly bisyllabic; PK and PPM forms are clearly influenced by *ri- 'two'.

Proto-Gondi : *or-

Meaning : one; together

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : wōṛul "a certain man"

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : warpne "at one place"

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : varpane "together"

Muria Gondi : orpan "at one place"

Yeotmal Gondi : oror "one (masc.)"

Mandla Gondi : oṛe "one (masc.)"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_Y orone alone; Gondi_Ph arpā āyānā to assemble; Gondi_Tr wārsanē all at once or together

Notes : The form wōṛul can only be traced back to a form with *ō-, although the reasons of such a lenghtening are unclear. Initial *w- is strange too (maybe it is due to some specific sandhi). In wārsanē original *ō is assimilated to following -a-.

Number in DED : 990

Number in CVOTGD : 418, 420

Konda : oren, orenr_-e

Meaning: one man

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Additional forms : Also Konda or-neṇḍ one day; orsu once; uRku uRku one each

Number in DED : 990

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *ro

Meaning : one

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Pengo : ro, ronje

Manda : ru, runḍi

Additional Forms : Also Pengo rokan one man; ronjel one woman; roki lōk one person; roce at one time; robe at one place; Manda rukan one man; runḍel one woman

Number in DED : 990

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *ro-

Meaning : one

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : ro "one (adj. preceding n.)"

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : rondi, rō

Kuwi (Schulze) : ro

Sunkarametta Kuwi : ro

Parja Kuwi : ro

Kuwi (Israel) : roṇḍi "one (non-masc.)"

Additional forms : Also Kui roanju, (K) ro'onji one man; ronḍe, (K) ronḍi one woman or thing (adj. following n.); rohe together, together with, jointly; roko on one side; Kuwi_F rō'osi one man; rondi'e one woman; Kuwi_S roosi one man; rondi one woman or thing; Kuwi_Su ro'esi one man; Kuwi_F rōhe'e together, all at once

Number in DED : 990

Brahui : asiṭ

Meaning : one (entity)

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Number in DED : 990

Eurasiatic: *ʔVrV

Meaning: one

Borean: Borean

Uralic: FU *era 'part, single, one'

Kartvelian: *ert-

Dravidian: *or-

References: ND 68 *ʔerV 'divide, one share, one, single' (Kart.-FU, without Drav. and adding Arab. ʔaram- 'unus, ullus').

Proto-Kartvelian: *ert-

Nostratic: Nostratic

Russian meaning: один

English meaning: one

Georgian: ert-

Megrel: art-

Laz: art-, ar-

Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 79, EWK 124.

Borean (approx.) : HVRV

Meaning : one

Eurasiatic : *ʔVrV

Notes : So far known only in Nostratic.

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